Gosport neighbourhood policing team are actively encouraging the local community to sign up to Hampshire community alerts: www.hampshirealert.co.uk.

Hampshire Alert is a free web-based system which the public can sign up to and which allows them to choose what information they want to receive and what format they want to receive it in – email, text or phone message – so the alert is personal to them.

It’s free to join and receive messages so it’s a really good way to keep people informed.

I would ask local residents to continue to be vigilant.

Please continue to report any suspicious incidents immediately.

By making that call the local community are sending a very clear message to the would-be thief: ‘This is our town – you are not welcome.’

For more information about Hampshire Alert and further crime prevention advice please visit hampshire alert.co.uk or hampshire.police.uk.